#for shame gwen for shame

[touchlikethesun]

i've just posted the first installment in what i'm calling my whirlwinds series, following different characters' experiences of the brazil fling. this one centers on oikawa and the end of the "fling."

[justaz]

like i’ve said time and time again, i haven’t watched bbc merlin in years but i was just wondering when the first time merlin called arthur by his name to his face and im scrolling thru the transcripts on the fandom wiki (supposedly it was s1ep4 btw) and im skimming the script for all these episodes and getting angrier and angrier. gaius was wrong for all that. morgana deserved so much better. edwin muirden was valid as hell (for targeting uther AND gaius. yeah. i said it.). also kilgharrah ate with that one lil line “then turn a blind eye. that is, after all, your talent” okay lizard brain pop offff.

[total-drama-brainrot]

Total Drama Psycho Noah AU, after the 'London Adventure' and the truth being revealed, Chris then decides to make this a reward challenge... The reward is that EVERYONE gets to be in First Class, with NOAH... Chris and Noah are curious to see, who will be brave enough to actually enter First Class, after learning about Noah's insanity... How would Courtney + Gwen + Duncan reacts to seeing the video of Noah's insane side showing? 😈 Would Alejandro and Noah still be friends? 😈

Listen, as much as this idea is so fucking funny to me, I really don't think it'd work from a storytelling perspective.

Though (not to push any agendas here, but-) if Chris were to hypothetically have the remaining contestants go against Noah in an enclosed space, in a sort of predator-vs-prey scenario, it'd probably play out something like The Beast chapter in Slay The Princess... without the "eating them alive" aspect, of course.

(Heavy Content Warning for that link, by the way. There's a lot of violence/gore/body horror, among other stuff, by virtue of it being a horror game.)

Maybe he'd lock everyone in the First Class cabin and turn off all of the room's electronics, so the only source of light in the cabin would be the wavering moonlight from whatever tiny windows are dotted around. Noah would use the cover of darkness to his advantage and toy with his competitors in a similar vein to how the Ripper had in their challenge that day, darting silently through the shadows to 'capture' his castmates, picking them off one by one.

It'd be a fun game of cat-and-mouse for Noah. For the others? It'd be a living nightmare. They wouldn't have the luxury of knowing that Noah wouldn't really hurt them, and the bloodlust they'd seen on that screen would be terrifying to watch but downright petrifying to experience first hand. They would be genuinely fearing for their lives, in a way that Chris hadn't been able to prompt since the early days of Island, and the host would love it.

Not that he would do that. And not that Noah would actually attack anyone either. (Without reason to, of course.)

But you are right about one thing; if this AU were to become a fully-fledged story, the London challenge would have to be a reward, just to keep Noah in the competition. Because he literally snapped Zeke's arms like chopsticks- his team would vote him out in a heartbeat just by virtue of him being so dangerous.

Which means the whole of Team Chris (plus Duncan) would be sharing a poorly-lit, structurally unsound cabin with someone they're terrified of.

...Owen notwithstanding, since Owen's a sweetheart and he knows Noah.

But the others would be immediately on guard around him. Noah, knowing there's no reason to keep up his ruse of sarcastic apathy, would probably relish in their fear- he enjoys tormenting people, after all, especially when that torment is purely psychological. So he'd carry on playing the 'unhinged, bloodthirsty sociopath' just to watch the others squirm.

He'd probably make a huge show of still having the Ripper's knife, tucked safely in the sleeve of his white undershirt, and comment that he and Duncan could be 'knife buddies' or something. If only to see how the punk's pierced face would drain of all colour at the prospect of Noah having a sharp object. (Duncan would absently rub at the puncture scars on his hand, to Noah's delight.)

But it'd eventually get boring, I imagine, so Noah would do something to reassure his teammates that he's not some ethics-devoid monster hellbent on destruction. Because having your teammates be in a state of constant paranoia around you would get annoying after a while, and it'd impact their performance in the competition (which Noah isn't really all that concerned with, but Owen is, so Noah doesn't want to do anything to jeopardise their chances of winning challenges).

So he'd drop the exaggeration of his more violent traits, and intentionally show off the unharmful aspects of himself- namely by koala-clinging to Owen and acting 'normally' like they'd done before the London challenge, and/or by approaching Tyler to ask how he was feeling after being stretched on the rack and sheepishly apologise for leaving him behind (showing empathy and remorse, to humanise himself n front of his teammates).

He's insane, not heartless.

As for Alejandro...? I have no idea. Would he even want to risk approaching Noah to find out if their shared comradery was all a ruse? Would whatever tentative trust he had in Noah be completely shattered by the reveal? Or would he be so engulfed by his need to win the competition that he only views this new development as a boon, since now Noah can be more of a physical asset for their team?

It'd probably be a mix of all of these. Alejandro would be left off-footed by the reveal of p!Noah's 'true self' (however much of his 'true self' he's willing to show to others) but I imagine he'd be quick to ally himself with the guy who can break bones like they're chalk and deceive a whole cast of people for two and a half seasons, regardless of any personal misgivings.

[shokuto]

‪You ever think about how Peter had no intention of telling Gwen he was Spider-Man, the man she hated, even when he was about to propose? That even if she lived to accept his proposal, she’d have a husband that couldn’t be present enough to fulfill his duties as one for reasons she didn’t understand? Or that the love of her life was prepared to spend the rest of their lives shutting her out from a key part of him? How she ultimately let him walk all over her because she loved him too much, and that Peter knew that the whole time?

[moralesmilesanhour]

You. Spiderverse fan. Pretend that I have just stopped you on the street and am gripping your shoulders. Forget about romantic Gwiles for a second, walk with me.

Girl what about the 'fridged female love interest' trope as a metaphor for comphet. What about codependent friendships that seem doomed to fall apart. Come to the platonic Gwiles store with me...

[iamsuperwholocked]

Gwen: I dare you-

Ianto: Jack isn’t allowed to accept dares.

Jack: Apparently I have no regard for my personal safety.

[missholloween]

Saw the digital ticket of Solve It Squad in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (rent it if you can it's so good) and I must say, they are all so in love with each other

Like, Keith and Gwen it's a given, the own text supports it. But this production made it more two sided, and so cute honestly? Like, Keith still sucks and Gwen still cheats on him, but they go to the other when in need.

But also, Gwen and Scrags!!! Their scene is so cute together!!!! By making Gwen's crush on Scrags almost dissapear, their interactions feel more genuine.

I'm not the biggest Scrags/Keith enjoyer, but I get it now. My favorite part about them was that, during Scrag's monologue, the camera were fix on both Scrags AND Keith. He took it personally even when he was doing it for him <3333 AND THEIR HUGS!!!!

But the best part for me were Scrags and Esther. They have So Much chemistry together since their first scene together!!!! Scrags is always leaning on Esther, and they are fond of him too, in their own way. There's a couple moments where they're so close they could've kissed, and Lauren threw herself without any beat of fear. I'm a little bit sad their final dialogue before the chase was cut off, but it was totally worth it <3

TL; DR sis polycule real, all of them desire the other carnally, and their chemistry was over the moon in this production

[adhd-merlin]

that time the knights were escorting Gwen through the woods, had her kidnapped from under their noses, decided to go back to Camelot anyway and, when Arthur enquired about his wife's whereabouts, went: "yeah, about that..."

[wanderingmind867]

Why do comics feel the incessant need to kill people? Jason Todd, Gwen Stacy, Karen Page, Lady Dorma, George Stacy, Happy Hogan, Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell), etc. Why must you kill these people! They did nothing! I know they're fictional, but Jesus! Have a heart! Do you think it's fun to watch characters die!? Is that how you get your entertainment? Not me! If they're a character you devoted any amount of time to, don't kill them! Don't kill them! Is that so effing hard!? Apparently! Why can't we go back to the 1940s and early 1960s, when the only characters who died were really, really minor. And I'm not talking minor villains (that's an offense to me too), I'm talking about minor like one time characters.

[peterb-aka-reason-to-life]

Well...I've been gone for a month (again), and I'm back (again) to share some slightly dated but still beautiful concept art (argh, again)

I apologize to all those wonderful people who wrote to me all this time and did not receive an answer, I will provide it immediately

[ccfanevents]

Hi! I was wondering if Hope x Gwen would be possible for a ship week next year?

I'll definitely consider adding it to my growing list of weeks to do next year.

[metaforth]

The "She" from Livin' La Vida Loca is autistic, I will not elaborate

[dangerliesbeforeyou]

the league of gentlemen are cowards for not having herr lipp (or any of the other characters tbf) flirt w/ reece or mark whilst they were wearing those suits in the film honestly lol...

[fereldensheroes]

I'm debating making my Old Gods of Appalachia inspired WoW character in BG3....

[iamsuperwholocked]

Jack: It’s not a walk of shame if you run.

[zombiefishmonster]

if u ever feel embarrassed abt ur old opinions, just remember there was a time where i thought gwen wasn't in the wrong for kissing duncan, and that gwuncan was a healthy ship.